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  • The Nerve and Capillary System of the Global Fiat Currency Standard – SWIFT – Explores Blockchain and Crypto

    A detailed explanation of SWIFT (The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication), its relation to the fiat currency standard  – along with an update on SWIFT’s blockchain pilot efforts. 

  • Is Future Escalation in Cyber Conflict a Foregone Conclusion?

    Here we present analysis relevant to cyber conflict including the potential of spillover into non combatants and provide insights on the relevance of recent Russian statements.

  • The MGM Cyberattack Should be a Wakeup Call for Corporate Boards

    Our research and tracking of the global information war and the dramatic increase in ransomware attacks over the last three years have been indicating, for some time, that more attacks were coming and that corporate boards and their directors should prepare. The MGM ransomware attack makes this point well. Details here.

  • The History of Money, Bitcoin, and the Global Fiat Currency Standard

    OODA CEO Matt Devost and Raymond Roberts, in a fireside chat on The Future of Money at OODAcon 2022, discussed the origins of their interest in bitcoin, the history of money and the global fiat currency standard as a necessary introduction to a longer discussion of the future of money.  

  • China’s Defense Minister Being Removed From Post, U.S. Officials Say

    Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu was taken away last week by authorities for questioning, according to a person close to decision making in Beijing, while U.S. officials say he is being removed from his post. Li hasn’t made a public appearance since late August. One U.S. official said the trouble surrounding Li pointed to deep-seated…

  • Is Deep Learning the Future of Financial Stability (or Volatility and Crisis)?

    Financial network complexity, biased algorithms, regulatory considerations, and predictive analytics (based on faulty foundational models) are only a few of the risk variables that will determine the future of AI in the finance sector.  Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, in his previous life as an MIT Sloan School of Management Professor, wrote a…

  • The Future Will be Built with “Clean Steel”

    The decarbonization of heavy industry figures prominently into the “all of the above” solutions which will need to be deployed to combat the climate crisis.  “Clean steel” is showing real promise.  Details here. 

  • “AI for Enterprise”: Lessons Learned from Healthcare, Hugging Face and Clinical Language Models

    Healthcare is already in the midst of an AI revolution – with an applied technology market maturity which outpaces most other industry sectors which are in a reactive mode to the AI hype cycle.  Explore these AI healthcare use cases and apply them to your organization using design and systems thinking.  

  • While Texas Declared a Grid Emergency, EU Fossil Generation is at Record Low

    Two climate crisis related developments are worth tracking as an indicator of what may be the new reality in this age of polycrisis.  We do not provide solutions but do mention mental frameworks important for leaders to master in finding solutions. 

  • The ICC Will Now Investigate Cyber War Crimes

    In this report we capture context on the shift in ICC intentions regarding investigating and prosecuting cyber war crimes. Recent reporting reveals that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will now investigate and prosecute cyber war crimes in the same way it does kinetic and physical war crimes.  The ICC’s lead prosecutor Karim Khan authored an article that though acknowledged that…


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